Murray Wood: The new phone books are here!
Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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Housing a priority, but deficit balloons in federal budget
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turned Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable for people and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity. But Freeland...
Apr 07, 2022
Saskatchewan announces 1,032 new COVID cases, another vaccine available
Saskatchewan is introducing another vaccine to fight COVID-19. In Thursday's update — which also revealed there were 1,032 new cases, 24 deaths and 354 hospitalizations during the weekly reporti...
Apr 07, 2022
Saskatoon police seeking shooting suspect
Saskatoon police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Thursday in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood. At around 4:45 a.m., police got a call about a shooting in the 100 block of Avenue O Sout...
Apr 07, 2022
April oil and gas public offering in Sask. sets record of $19.3M
The Energy City was a popular place during April’s public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights. More than $17.1 million was paid for 142 parcels of land in the Estevan area during ...
Apr 07, 2022
Sask. government increases grants to veterans organizations
The Saskatchewan government has hiked the value of the grants it awards under the Saskatchewan Veterans Service Club Support Program. The maximum annual amount per club is now $30,000, up from $25,000...
Apr 07, 2022
Power back for some in southwest, but outages could linger until Saturday
A large number of people are still waiting for the lights to come back on in southwest Saskatchewan after Tuesday's storm devastated the provincial power grid. On its website, SaskPower said electrici...
Apr 07, 2022
Green Shirt Day continues to raise awareness
April 7 marks Green Shirt Day in Saskatchewan. It was created to pay tribute to Logan Boulet, who has inspired more than 150,000 Canadians to register to become organ donors after he lost his life in ...
Apr 07, 2022
Gov’t funds Hospitality Saskatchewan recruitment strategy
Saskatchewan’s hospitality sector has been battered by COVID-19 during the pandemic. On Wednesday, the provincial government announced $1 million to support Hospitality Saskatchewan as it looks ...
Apr 06, 2022
In the eye of the storm: Power still out for some in southwest Sask.
It's going to be another night without power for about 2,000 SaskPower customers in southwestern Saskatchewan. In an email late Wednesday afternoon, the Crown corporation provided an update on its eff...
Apr 06, 2022 (SaskPower/Submitted)
CAA Saskatchewan searching for province’s worst highways and biways
CAA Saskatchewan is once again looking for roads in Saskatchewan that have left tires shredded, shock absorbers broken, wheels knocked out of alignment or ankles sprained. The annual CAA Saskatchewan ...
Apr 06, 2022
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